New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks Jan. 21 in Trenton after being sworn into a second term. / TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Gov. Chris Christie conspicuously skirted addressing controversy on Thursday in a brief and mostly innocuous interview with a Philadelphia radio station.

It was his first live interview since Jan. 9, when he expressed sadness and regret over members of his administration shutting down lanes to the Fort Lee side of the George Washington Bridge in September. Angelo Cataldi, host of the WIP-FM sports talk show, said his interview with Christie was the precursor to a radio blitz today.

If that is to be any indication of what’s to come, then Christie will be talking about anything but “his current issues,” as Cataldi put it when he announced that a condition of the interview was that the bridge controversy — or any others swirling the administration right now — not be discussed.

Instead they talked about another “big issue.”

“He is a Cowboys fan and a Mets fan,” Cataldi said.

Cataldi asked, with the run-up to the Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, what the week has been like for him. Christie said it has been “a tremendous amount of fun” and that on Monday he had been at Liberty State Park setting off fireworks with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and watching a Goo Goo Dolls concert.

Christie then addressed what Cataldi called the “tug of war” between New York and New Jersey over the location of the Super Bowl and its portrayal to the public.

“The teams are staying in New Jersey. The teams are practicing in New Jersey. And at 6:30 on Sunday night, the ball will be kicked off in New Jersey,” Christie said. “So I don’t even know what the argument is.”

Christie also told Cataldi that he toured the Meadowlands facility and that he believes the area is safe, secure and ready to host the first cold-weather Super Bowl.

“We’re happy to be the guinea pig and to let people see that it can work,” he said. “And by the way, why not come to a place that’s the best?”